Tourism chiefs and politicians have plans to dye the River Liffey green for St Patrick’s Day next year, to mirror the attraction of Chicago’s waterways, which are turned an emerald shade every year.

Tourism Ireland CEO, Niall Gibbons, confirmed to the Irish Examiner that efforts are underway to turn Dublin's dividing river green, with help from city plumbing authorities in Chicago.

Cholera killed tens of thousands in Europe and the US in the 1800s, but is now mostly confined to developing countries. The goal is to have cut its death rate by 90% by 2030, according to Anita Zaidi.

When Tomás Mac an tSaoir came through the arrival gates of Dublin airport yesterday, his only visible signs of injury were some small plasters on his feet.

Cricket players living in direct provision in Cork who are practising between buildings at their accommodation centre are in a frantic search to find a place to train so they don’t have to give up the sport.

The president of the High Court has struck off a radiographer after being satisfied she is “simply a danger to the public” due to her “substandard” knowledge of the basics of radiography and lack of insight into the dangers of that.

A panel of top inter-county managers will offer hurling fans an insight behind the dressing-room door at a charity event in Cork on Saturday.

A self-styled adventure junkie will have to avoid bandits and lions and endure searing desert heat on an epic 12,000km solo bike tour through Africa.

In tendering her resignation this week as principal of St Patrick’s National School in Greystones, Co Wicklow, Eileen Jackson has stood up for Christianity in the face of tribalism.

A white Zimbabwean farmer evicted under the government of Robert Mugabe has returned to a hero's welcome as the first to get his land back under new President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Blogging couple Elaine and Dave Murray have a globe-trotting relationship which they share on their website, thewholeworldisaplayground.com, writes Denise O’Donoghue. 

Offaly Rose Jennifer Byrne has been named the winner of the 59th International Rose of Tralee.

It may be slightly thin on top-level Irish talent, but the 66th edition of the Cork City Sports is once again loaded with such a rich of cast of world-class athletes that few will even notice.

Many Zimbabweans travel to Zambia by bus daily to trade in foodstuffs and clothes.

Tipperary native Michael Hunt, 74, a schoolteacher in Rathmines, is the ‘Mr Chips’ of Irish schools’ athletics. President of the ISAA for the past 21 years, he is stepping down in December so today’s Irish Life Health All-Ireland Schools’ Track & Field Championships will be his last at the helm.

In December last year Donald Trump took to twitter to lambast the United Nations calling it “a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”. 

Progress has been made but malaria remains a serious threat to the wellbeing of millions of Africans, write Julie Essiam and Joy Phumaphi. 

For Simon Barnes the Sacred Combe is the Luangwa Valley in Zambia. It is a place to which he returns regularly, sometimes for up to two months. 

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has celebrated his 93rd birthday surrounded by thousands of supporters in a defiant show of strength after nearly four decades in power.

A €200m project is to create 23 solar farms in the south and south east of the country, leading to 2,000 jobs during construction and 60 full-time positions on completion.

As she prepares for her trip to West Cork, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, 82, is as active and outspoken as ever, writes Marjorie Brennan

The State spent more than €66m on staffing and rental costs for its embassies around the world last year, figures released by the Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed.

THE publication of the Panama Papers followed LuxLeaks as the latest alliterative example of our broken global financial system.

Emigration is a story that has defined countless generations of Irish, so it’s incredible that a museum has never been established to tell the story of the diaspora for Irish tourists. Until now, that is.

Coverage of the Premier League begins this week across a number of channels, with live games on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Friday.

Christina McMahon is Ireland’s newest world boxing champion after winning the WBC World Interim Female Bantamweight earlier this month.

The 100,000 Kwacha purse — around €17,000 — is far short of the megabucks Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will earn in Nevada this weekend. 

A Corkwoman has moved a step close to becoming a saint after Pope Francis declared her venerable.

It’s not just Unionists who have a deep-rooted pride in their northern identity. Ulster Gaels also possess a loyalty to their province which simply doesn’t exist in the other green fields.

Who knew they could swim so fast?

In this terrifying footage filmed by Craig Jackson in Zambia and posted to Facebook by Michael Varndell, an animal beneath the water swims swiftly after the boat before launching itself out of the water.

I was privileged to meet the great Jack Kyle on several occasions and honoured to share a podium with him as we were both invited to speak at the gala 125-year anniversary celebrations of the IRFU.

Irish rugby legends have paid tribute to the one considered the greatest of them all as they joined friends and family of the late Jack Kyle at a special thanksgiving service.